§ Mr. NIELDasked the President of the Board of Education what number of temporary female clerks are now employed in the Department upon the work of taking from the reports of teachers in elementary schools the number of hours worked in special subjects during the year 1913 or subsequently; and whether, in view of the need for retrenchment in public expenditure, he will consider the advisability of suspending all statistical report work of this kind during the War?
Mr. HENDERSONNo temporary women or other clerks are employed in the work specified in the question. The preparation of all statistics relating to instruction in special subjects for children attending elementary schools has been suspended during the War.